Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald shares her personal journey, discussing her recent hysterectomy and the removal of tumours and growths during an appearance on this morning's Ireland AM
Sinn Féin's leader, Mary Lou McDonald, has opened up about a recent operation she underwent at the start of the summer to remove her womb and her ovaries.
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